Improvement in hat-ventilators



To all who-m 'it may concern dimette.

T'HoMAsw salici-IE n, or NEwYoR-K; .N.'Y

y Lancement No. 95,074, deze@ september 21,1869.l

IMPROVEMENT IN HAT-VENTILATORS.

The Schedule referred `to in these Letters Patent making part ofthe same.

Be it known thatI, THOMAS 'W. BRACHER, ofthe city, county, and State of New York, have invented al lnew and improved Hat-Ventilator and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and yexact descriptionthereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use. the. same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specitication', in which drawing-V Figure ,1 represents an inside view of' a hat provided `with niywentilator.`

e Figure A2is atransv'erse section of the same. A "Figure 3 is a detached sectional view of the' ventilating-wire, in a larger scale than theprevious lignres.`

` Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

' This invention consists in abat-ventilator, made ot' a duplex corrugated strip of sheet-metal, composed of two parts, placed edge -toedge, and united bybraid- 1 ing, and secured between'the body ofthe hat andthe sweat-leather in such. a manner, that said duplex cory rugated strip can be readily attached by stitches pass- `ing through between its two parts', and thereby the .stitches are concealed, and brought in such a position that they are not exposed tocorrosion orabrasion, and,

furthermore, the corrugated duplex strip being made of two parts, as stated, is more pliable than 'a single strip of the same width'and thickness, and it is better able to' adaptitself to" the, formation of the head.

In the drawing- The letter A. designates a hat whichis providedY -with my ventilator. i p plex corrugated strip, a, of sheet-metal or spring steel,`

This ventilator consists of a dumade of two parts, b c, (see tig. 3,) which are placed together, edge tov edge, and' united by braid ing, as shown.` The threads which form the braiding lpass round both parts, and throughbetween them, so'tliat the strip a, after having been corrugated, can be readily fastened between the body of the hat and the sweatleather by' stitches passing'throngh between the two parts, b c, of said strip, and thereby the stitches are concealed, and not exposed to abrasion or corrosion, whereas if a single strip of corrugated sheet-metal or wire is used, the stitehesu'equired for fasteningvthe same to th'e hat must either pass through holes inthe stn'p or they must befcarried round said strip,"and in both cases they do not make a good. appearance', and y they are much exposed to. corrosion and abrasion, and

the ventilator is liable to work loose after a'sbort time. Another great advantage of using a'duplex strip is, thatsuch a strip is more pliable than a single strip 'ofthe same width and thickness, and that the same-is better qualifiedto adaptitself' to the formationof thiJ head, without producing a painful feeling or .pressure I on the same.l

I do not claim, broadly, as my invention, a hat-ventilator'eomposedof a single corrugated strip of sheetmetal, such being shown and described in the application of S; G. and W. E. Sturges, rejected October 8,

1860.- I am aware -that corrugated and zigzag strips of metal have `been used as hat-ventilators, and I, therefore, lay no claim thereto; but

What I claim `as' new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A hat-ventilator, consisting ofthe metal pieces c I), arranged vertically, one above the other, and braided together, to form a fabricated connectipn between them, through which the stitches pass, toconnect the same to the hat, substantiallyas described.

TL, W. BRACHER. Witnesses:

W. HAUFF, mE. F. -KAsTENHUnna 

